Once a week, Stack delivers a mix of the most interesting new music on the web, handpicked by the Hype Machine team. Here's a recent mix.
Archived Posts from The Metaphorical Boat
Ciara O'neill - Le Soleil
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “It's been three years since the release of "Arrow", the second album from Northern Irish singer/songwriter Ciara O'Neill, who for…” on Jul 30th, 2021 →
Invaderband - I Won't Remember You
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “Derry-based group Invaderband first came to our attention a few years ago through their self-titled debut album and its infectious…” on Mar 17th, 2021 →
Lauren Bird - Keep Trying
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “The Metaphorical Boat has been fans of Strabane singer/songwriter Lauren Bird for some time, enjoying her fantastic 2017 album "The…” on Feb 7th, 2021 →
Touma - Fading Out (Epilogue)
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “This is a blog post that has been nearly 10 years in the making. I first came across singer/songwriter Kacie…” on Sep 25th, 2020 →
Thrillhouse - 2045
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “A new addition to the burgeoning group of "bands who have named themselves after obscure references from The Simpsons", Brighton…” on Aug 31st, 2020 →
Matthew Frederick - Laura Jones
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “Back in March when "the event" was starting to ramp up, I went out and bought a bucket load of…” on Jul 13th, 2020 →
Our Krypton Son - White Sun
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “Chris McConaghy, who records under the moniker Our Krypton Son, has been one Derry's more underrated singer-songwriters of the past…” on May 31st, 2020 →
Big Daisy - Go Outside
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're not entire sure that given "the event", if it is fortuitous or unfortunate that the debut single from Belfast…” on Mar 24th, 2020 →
malojian - The Singularity
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “One effect of the self-isolation that's come about as a result of "the event" is that we're likely to see…” on Mar 17th, 2020 →
Jamie Johnson - Old Friend
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “London based singer-songwriter Jamie Johnson first caught my attention last year with his wonderful song "Christopher", a heart-rendering song which made…” on Mar 4th, 2020 →
All The Few - Remedy
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “All The Few are a 4-piece group from Belfast. Having released a couple of well-received singles in 2019, they are…” on Feb 25th, 2020 →
Mark Hegan - Love, Wait For Me
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “It's been a while since we've did one of these round-ups of songs from Northern Ireland that have really taken…” on Feb 22nd, 2020 →
ScottMacKay - Half of Everything
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “It's Valentine's Day this week, so what better time to have on the blog a song about divorce? Our timing…” on Feb 12th, 2020 →
Sun Gods - Zanzara
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're getting closer to finding out which song has clinched the top spot in our favourite songs of 2019, but…” on Dec 28th, 2019 →
EGOISM - What Are We Doing?
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're into the creme-de-la-creme now, with the songs that made it from numbers 10 to 6 in our year-end countdown…” on Dec 27th, 2019 →
Parkerbossley - Lifted
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're just on the cusp of finding out which songs that made the top 10 in our yearly count-down, but…” on Dec 24th, 2019 →
Tom Williams Music - It's Dark Now
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're up to the tracks at 20 to 16 on the countdown now, with tunes from a former year-end chart-topper,…” on Dec 21st, 2019 →
teamRKT - Working Sundays
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're into the top half of our favourite songs of 2019 now, with some fabulous tunes making it to 25…” on Dec 19th, 2019 →